diff --git a/src/DocBlock/Tags/Factory/ParamFactory.php b/src/DocBlock/Tags/Factory/ParamFactory.php
index c44fe792..8e9bcaac 100644
--- a/src/DocBlock/Tags/Factory/ParamFactory.php
+++ b/src/DocBlock/Tags/Factory/ParamFactory.php
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 use Doctrine\Deprecations\Deprecation;
 use phpDocumentor\Reflection\DocBlock\DescriptionFactory;
 use phpDocumentor\Reflection\DocBlock\Tag;
+use phpDocumentor\Reflection\DocBlock\Tags\InvalidTag;
 use phpDocumentor\Reflection\DocBlock\Tags\Param;
 use phpDocumentor\Reflection\TypeResolver;
 use phpDocumentor\Reflection\Types\Context;
@@ -15,6 +16,7 @@
 use PHPStan\PhpDocParser\Ast\PhpDoc\PhpDocTagNode;
 use PHPStan\PhpDocParser\Ast\PhpDoc\TypelessParamTagValueNode;
 use PHPStan\PhpDocParser\Ast\Type\IdentifierTypeNode;
+use PHPStan\PhpDocParser\Ast\Type\OffsetAccessTypeNode;
 use Webmozart\Assert\Assert;
 
 use function sprintf;
@@ -59,6 +61,13 @@ public function create(PhpDocTagNode $node, Context $context): Tag
             ]
         );
 
+        if (($tagValue->type ?? null) instanceof OffsetAccessTypeNode) {
+            return InvalidTag::create(
+                (string) $tagValue,
+                'param'
+            );
+        }
+
         return new Param(
             trim($tagValue->parameterName, '$'),
             $this->typeResolver->createType($tagValue->type ?? new IdentifierTypeNode('mixed'), $context),
diff --git a/src/DocBlock/Tags/TagWithType.php b/src/DocBlock/Tags/TagWithType.php
index 60067b2a..271c41b5 100644
--- a/src/DocBlock/Tags/TagWithType.php
+++ b/src/DocBlock/Tags/TagWithType.php
@@ -13,9 +13,11 @@
 
 namespace phpDocumentor\Reflection\DocBlock\Tags;
 
+use InvalidArgumentException;
 use phpDocumentor\Reflection\Type;
 
 use function in_array;
+use function sprintf;
 use function strlen;
 use function substr;
 use function trim;
@@ -59,6 +61,12 @@ protected static function extractTypeFromBody(string $body): array
             }
         }
 
+        if ($nestingLevel < 0 || $nestingLevel > 0) {
+            throw new InvalidArgumentException(
+                sprintf('Could not find type in %s, please check for malformed notations', $body)
+            );
+        }
+
         $description = trim(substr($body, strlen($type)));
 
         return [$type, $description];
diff --git a/tests/integration/InterpretingDocBlocksTest.php b/tests/integration/InterpretingDocBlocksTest.php
index 586c64b6..1a4e7443 100644
--- a/tests/integration/InterpretingDocBlocksTest.php
+++ b/tests/integration/InterpretingDocBlocksTest.php
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 use phpDocumentor\Reflection\DocBlock\Description;
 use phpDocumentor\Reflection\DocBlock\StandardTagFactory;
 use phpDocumentor\Reflection\DocBlock\Tag;
+use phpDocumentor\Reflection\DocBlock\Tags\InvalidTag;
 use phpDocumentor\Reflection\DocBlock\Tags\Method;
 use phpDocumentor\Reflection\DocBlock\Tags\MethodParameter;
 use phpDocumentor\Reflection\DocBlock\Tags\Param;
@@ -218,4 +219,30 @@ public function testMethodRegression(): void
             $docblock->getTags()
         );
     }
+
+    public function testInvalidTypeParamResultsInInvalidTag(): void
+    {
+        $docCommment = '
+/**
+ * This is an example of a summary.
+ *
+ * @param array\Foo> $test
+ */
+';
+        $factory = DocBlockFactory::createInstance();
+        $docblock = $factory->create($docCommment);
+
+        self::assertEquals(
+            [
+                InvalidTag::create(
+                    'array\Foo> $test',
+                    'param',
+                )->withError(
+                    new \InvalidArgumentException(
+                        'Could not find type in array\Foo> $test, please check for malformed notations')
+                ),
+            ],
+            $docblock->getTags()
+        );
+    }
 }
diff --git a/tests/unit/DocBlock/Tags/Factory/ParamFactoryTest.php b/tests/unit/DocBlock/Tags/Factory/ParamFactoryTest.php
index f284dec4..5c50181c 100644
--- a/tests/unit/DocBlock/Tags/Factory/ParamFactoryTest.php
+++ b/tests/unit/DocBlock/Tags/Factory/ParamFactoryTest.php
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@
 namespace phpDocumentor\Reflection\DocBlock\Tags\Factory;
 
 use phpDocumentor\Reflection\DocBlock\Description;
+use phpDocumentor\Reflection\DocBlock\Tag;
+use phpDocumentor\Reflection\DocBlock\Tags\InvalidTag;
 use phpDocumentor\Reflection\DocBlock\Tags\Param;
 use phpDocumentor\Reflection\Fqsen;
 use phpDocumentor\Reflection\PseudoTypes\IntegerValue;
@@ -33,7 +35,7 @@ final class ParamFactoryTest extends TagFactoryTestCase
      * @covers \phpDocumentor\Reflection\DocBlock\Tags\Factory\ParamFactory::supports
      * @dataProvider paramInputProvider
      */
-    public function testParamIsCreated(string $input, Param $expected): void
+    public function testParamIsCreated(string $input, Tag $expected): void
     {
         $ast = $this->parseTag($input);
         $factory = new ParamFactory($this->giveTypeResolver(), $this->givenDescriptionFactory());
@@ -122,6 +124,10 @@ public function paramInputProvider(): array
                     false
                 ),
             ],
+            [
+                '@param array[\Illuminate\Notifications\Channels\Notification] $notification',
+                InvalidTag::create('array[\Illuminate\Notifications\Channels\Notification] $notification', 'param'),
+            ],
         ];
     }
 }